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Get a price, not a pitch.
Most people get three or four quotes before they redo a kitchen. Here is what usually decides which one they take — and it is rarely the number.
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If you are getting quotes for a kitchen, you are probably getting three or four of them. You should. It is your kitchen and it is a lot of money, and the only way to know whether a price is fair is to have something to compare it to.
But ask anyone who has actually been through it and the number is rarely what settled it.
What usually decides it
What settled it was the visit. Whether somebody sat at the table for two hours working toward a signature that evening — or measured, wrote a price down, and left you to think about it.
In-home remodeling sales has a reputation, and it is an earned one. The pattern is familiar enough that people brace for it before the doorbell goes: the long presentation, the price that comes down twice while you watch it, the discount that expires the moment the salesperson stands up.
It works often enough that it keeps being used. It also costs whoever uses it every homeowner who wanted to think, compare, and decide on their own schedule — which, in this category, is most of them.
We would rather be the quote you compare the others to.
What a consultation looks like here
- Somebody measures. Properly, and in the room — the layout, the cabinet boxes, the plumbing, what is worth keeping and what is not.
- You see the options. Door styles, finishes, hardware, counters, and what each choice does to the price, said plainly.
- You get a written price. Before anything starts, with nothing added to it afterwards.
- Then we go. No signature that evening. Take the price, compare it to the others, and call back whenever you are ready — or don't.
That is the whole of it. If it turns out we are not the right fit for the job, that is a perfectly good outcome for an afternoon.
If your layout already works
Not every kitchen needs to be gutted. If the boxes are sound and the layout already works, refacing replaces every surface you actually see — doors, drawer fronts, hardware and finish — while the cabinets stay exactly where they are. It takes about a week rather than a season, and costs a fraction of new cabinetry.
| Refacing | Full remodel | |
|---|---|---|
| What changes | Doors, drawer fronts, hardware, finish | Boxes, layout, plumbing if it moves |
| Roughly how long | About a week | Most kitchens, three weeks or less |
| Kitchen unusable for | Days | Longer — planned around you |
| Makes sense when | The layout already works and the boxes are sound | The layout is the problem, or the boxes are not worth keeping |
If refacing is the honest answer for your kitchen, we will say so. If it is not, we will say that too, and tell you why.
About the cost
Installation is half off at the moment, across Greater Los Angeles, Orange County and Santa Clarita.
The consultation itself is free. The price you are given is written down before any work begins and nothing is added to it after you sign, and flexible payment options are available so the project does not have to be paid for all at once.
The questions we get asked most
Will the price change once you have started?
No. The price is written down before any work begins and nothing is added to it after you sign. If something genuinely unexpected turns up behind a wall, you are told before anything is done about it, not after.
How long will my kitchen be unusable?
Most kitchens are finished in three weeks or less, and refacing is usually about a week. You get the sequence at the consultation, so you can plan around the days that actually matter rather than the whole project.
Who is actually in my house?
The same installers, not a different subcontractor each morning, and one person you can call who knows your job. You are told who is coming and when before anyone arrives.
Who is behind this
Payless Kitchen Cabinets is a kitchen and bath remodeler working across Southern California, with a showroom at 3614 San Fernando Road in Glendale. They do full kitchen remodels, bathrooms, and cabinet refacing, and they are the company that carries out the consultation described on this page.
Where we work
Greater Los Angeles, Orange County and the Santa Clarita Valley. If you are outside that, we will tell you rather than send somebody out.